General Riddles

What is greater than God, more evil than the devil, the poor have it, the rich need it, and if you eat it, you'll die?
Nothing.

When is a man drowned, but still not wet?
When he's trapped in quicksand.

Place the following letters in such a manner that it becomes something which is used to clean: boas
soap (flip the alphabet b so that it becomes p).

There are three men in a boat with four cigarettes but no matches. How do they manage to smoke?
They throw one cigarette overboard and made the boat a cigarette lighter.

An American woman living in Australia was refused a burial in India. Why?
Living people can't be buried, isn't it!

6 15 18 20 ? = FORTY
25. Explanation: Replace each number with the corresponding letters in the alphabet. 6 = F 15 = O 18 = R 20 = T 25 = Y

What happens when an elephant sits on a chair?
It's time to buy a new chair!

Feed me and I live, yet give me a drink and I die.

Which weighs more, a pound of feathers or a pound of bricks?
Neither, they both weigh one pound.

I'm sometimes white, But most often I'm black. I take you there, But never bring you back. What am I?
A hearse.

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